Source: in.biz.yahoo.com NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 30, 2009: With a turnaround in the air, fund managers have regained the confidence to return to their annual vacation schedule, unlike last year when the insecurity in the financial sector left them stuck to their seats. There is a difference, though. The honchos are not reaching for their bermuda shorts and heading south…
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com SURAT, GUJARAT, INDIA, December 22, 2009: In its offensive against conversion of tribals to Christianity, Maharashtra-based Shree Sampraday sect claimed to have reconverted 1,747 people back to Hinduism in Surat on Monday. The Surat district magistrate, however, took note of the organizers’ failure to seek permission for reconversion as stipulated in the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003.…
Source: www.nytimes.com [HPI note: This law ruling will possibly affect future decisions on who is, and is not, a Hindu in UK law.] LONDON, ENGLAND, December 17, 2009: Britain’s Supreme Court declared Wednesday that it was illegal for a Jewish school that favors Jewish applicants to base its admissions policy on a classic test of Jewishness — whether one’s mother…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com To listen to some devout people, one would imagine God never laughs. Aurobindo Ghose, Indian Philosopher (1872-1950)
Source: www.hindustantimes.com NOIDA, INDIA, December 27, 2009:As many as 101 couples “from economically weaker sections of the society” tied the knot at a mass marriage ceremony held in Noida on Saturday. The event was organised by Bharat Vikas Parishad, a socio-cultural voluntary organization. Rajinder, one of the bridegrooms said, “I felt on top of the world when I was asked…
Source: www.ragaunveiled.com USA, January 2, 2009 (Press release): The four-hour documentary “Raga Unveiled” is an introduction to North Indian classical music, with a treasury of interviews with many of India’s greatest living musicians and music scholars and great musical performances. Along with commentaries by musicians, Vedic scholars and musicologists the film contains spectacular cinematography and rare archival footage. Each of…
Source: www.wickedlocal.com NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, December 16, 2009: Newton South High School officials dropped a requirement to read excerpts from the Bible for one student last month, after he refused to read the Biblical passages as a literature assignment because he is an atheist. South Principal Joel Stembridge wouldn’t comment on the case, but said the school uses the Bible to…
Source: www.hinduismtoday.com A spiritual man always has to have the upper hand on the lower nature. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001)
Source: lite.epaper.timesofindia.com CHENNAI, INDIA, December 29, 2009: Madras high court has ordered the trustees of a temple in Pottai village in Villupuram district to allow the the temple car to go through a dalit colony. Passing orders on two writ petitions, one filed by the trustee of Aru lmighu Poottai Mariamman Temple near Sankarapuram and an opposing one filed by…
Source: www.littleabout.com RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, December, 2009: Renowned Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond (USA) has acquired a rare 18th-century legend scroll from Andhra Pradesh, one of the few of its kind to survive today. Dr. Joseph M. Dye III, VMFA’s curatorial chair, reportedly says it is a “rare and unrivaled painting” that is “dramatically” longer than other known…